Site Reliability Engineer (Kubernetes / Multi-Cloud) UK Based

Synalogik
Hereford, United Kingdom
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Shift work
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Remote
Hereford, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Continuous Integration
Monitoring of Systems
Identity and Access Management
Key Management
Network Security
Role-Based Access Control
Reliability Engineering
Prometheus
Data Logging
Cloud Monitoring
Autoscaling
Istio
System Availability
Grafana
Kubernetes Helm Charts
Multi-Cloud
Containerization
Kubernetes
Cloudwatch
Terraform
Docker

Job description

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join an established and growing SRE team supporting Kubernetes-based platforms running across Azure and AWS This role focuses on maintaining reliable, scalable, and observable systems, working closely with engineering teams to ensure services run smoothly in production. You will contribute to the operation of managed Kubernetes platforms (AKS/EKS), supporting best practices in monitoring, automation, and incident response, while continuing to develop your expertise in cloud-native technologies., Site Reliability Engineering

Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and post-incident reviews Help reduce operational toil through automation and process improvements Contribute to improving system availability, performance, and scalability Maintain and improve runbooks and operational documentation Participate in 24/7 On-Call Rota Support the deployment and operation of AKS and EKS clusters Assist with cluster upgrades, scaling, and maintenance Work with autoscaling tools (Cluster Autoscaler, KEDA, Karpenter) Help improve workload reliability and performance Support networking, identity, compute, and storage services Assist with maintaining secure and scalable environments

Observability & Monitoring

Work with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, and CloudWatch Build dashboards, alerts, and logging/tracing pipelines Support monitoring aligned to SLIs/SLOs

Security & Compliance

Implement RBAC/IAM, secrets management, and network security controls Support compliance and security requirements

CI/CD & Automation

Contribute to GitOps workflows (ArgoCD / Flux) Assist in automating deployments and operations Work closely with software engineers and product owners Contribute to team discussions, reviews, and planning Hands-on Kubernetes experience (AKS, EKS, or similar) Understanding of cluster architecture, networking, and scaling

Cloud

Requirements

Experience with Azure and/or AWS Familiarity with networking, IAM, and core services

Infrastructure as Code

Experience with Terraform

Observability

Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, loki)

Other Technical Skills

Helm Charts / Kustomize creation and maintenance Containers (Docker) Exposure to both Azure and AWS GitOps tools (ArgoCD / Flux) Autoscaling tools (KEDA, Karpenter) Service mesh exposure

Personal Attributes

Problem-solving mindset Willingness to learn Proactive and dependable

Qualifications

2-4 years of experience in cloud/SRE/platform roles

Location - Hybrd (Hereford based) or Remote Employment Type - Full Time Residency - You must have been Resident in the UK for 5 years to meet security Clearance for this role

Benefits & conditions

Work-life balance is important; you'll get 24 days annual leave, increasing 1 day every year up to 30 days. You will have the flexibility to work from home and can work around core hours with flexible working Monthly one-on-ones. A competitive Pension scheme into which the company will contribute 5% of qualified earnings Private medical and dental Healthcare Insurance Life Insurance Use of the latest IT technology including top of the range MacBook Pro or Air

Synalogik is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organisation, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, redundancy, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Synalogik makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. You must be willing to undergo SC Clearance. To Obtain Clearance you must along with other checks have been resident in the UK for 5 years Interested? Please forward your CV and a Cover Letter stating your eligibility to work in the UK and the number of years residency to ##### #J-18808-Ljbffr

About the company

Synalogik develops technology that enables organisations to work effectively with complex and disparate data sources. Through automated workflows, our platform collects, processes, and analyses data from a wide range of trusted datasets, allowing users to handle large volumes of information quickly and reliably. Our flagship product, Scout®, helps people make better decisions by bringing together useful information from different sources, supported by systems that are built to be reliable and able to scale. Scout® has become the compliance and investigation platform to a third of the UK gambling market, UK Government Agencies, Insurance, legal and banking companies. Despite our long client list, this is just the beginning for Synalogik. There are a raft of new innovations in the works, and the chance to be part of a rapidly expanding team, work with our data science and industry experts, ensure that your ideas get supported, and then get the satisfaction of seeing them in products used in Tier 1 businesses.

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